Thursday, July 5, 2012

We usually go away for this weekend but this year did things a bit differently. Lex booked it all as surprise! I knew what days we where going but had no clue where until we arrived at the airport, he managed to keep it surprise all the way until boarding the plane, clever boy that he is.

I guess you are wondering where we went.......

Well we flew to Nice, France and then grab a hire car and drove to a small village called Tourrettes sur Loup. We stayed at the most wonderful place called La Residence du Moulin which I would highly recommend if you are looking for a quite and relaxing time, it was perfect.

We both love the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azurregion of France and have been before so we returned to a few favourite places and explored some new ones.

Here's a little selection of the things we got up to.....

Here's the view from our villa!

The pool was lush

This is me in a little bar in Tourrettes Sur Loup

and here's the view and...

this darling little bird was very busy above my head

Me trying to burn off a few calories

We took a boat from Cannes to

Isla Santa Margarita

Such a beautiful untouched island

"Hallo" little lizard!

This is the beach in Nice

Of course we had to do a bit of wine tasting!

We managed to bring a few bottles home

with us for special occasions

Veggie shopping

Alleys in Valbonne

The view of Saint Paul de Vence

Its full of interesting shops and art galleries

and yummy macaroons!

Now its back to reality and I have a busy 6 weeks ahead of me as the count down to the TBAI begins!